WHAT TRAIN SONGS DO YOU LIKE?

@AGHRMatt posted:

Had a Hammond B2 with a Leslie 910, plus a Fender-Rhodes 88 Stage. Have the Rhodes at my house (shopping for a Leslie); the Hammond and Leslie are with my sister in California.

Speaking of Hammonds, though not technically a train song, the single version of "Time is Tight" by Booker T. and the MG's has a drum track that reminds me of the beat of a steam locomotive. Look it up on YouTube.

A working Leslie cabinet is something that would be a lot of fun to have.  I have lots of digital effects to try and simulate the effect, but there is nothing like the real thing.

My Rhodes Mark I is sitting in a shed these days because I don't have space for it in my home office, train room, music studio that is only 10x10.  As I always mention on this forum - in the next home.

Princess of the night from Saxon is a good one about the transition away from steam.

"She took the midnight train going anywhere..."

A staple of my youth that I covered when I was playing keys for a band I was in during my sophomore year of college.

I don't know how I forgot this one.  My favorite band of all time. 

Rush "Passage to Bangkok"

I'm not blessed with musical ability.  But I am blessed with sound appreciation for music and musicians and I love to hear talk about the finer points of instruments, particularly guitars, keyboards and drums in that order.  So thank you guys for that.

Though this isn't a song that makes us think of trains,  I feel the need to post this lyric:

"And the three men I admire most
The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died"

@AGHRMatt posted:

Speaking of Hammonds, though not technically a train song, the single version of "Time is Tight" by Booker T. and the MG's has a drum track that reminds me of the beat of a steam locomotive. Look it up on YouTube.

On that note, you need to listen to Sly & The Family Stone's "I Want To Take You Higher"!!!

@Big Jim posted:

On that note, you need to listen to Sly & The Family Stone's "I Want To Take You Higher"!!!

Never thought about before, but you're right on there! Would it have hurt them to throw in a "wanna" for one of the "laka"s before a "Boom"?

David

What train songs do I like? In no real order, except the 1st one...

1. Canadian Railroad Trilogy. I think it's the greatest song about trains ever written.

2. I'll just get this out of the way, any train song by Gordon Lightfoot, there are a few. TBH I've never heard a bad Lightfoot song.

3. Long Twin Silver Line by Bob Seger

4. Land of Hope and Dreams by Bruce Springsteen.

5. Night Train by Tab Benoit.

6. City of New Orleans Arlo Guthrie

7. She Caught the Katy by Taj Mahal

8. Midnight Special CCR

9. John Henry by almost everybody.

10. 49 Tons by Blackie and the Rodeo Kings.

I recorded pre-pandemic. I see him at least once a year.

For sure, there are hundreds of others, all good, but these are the ones I squeeze in anywhere I can.

Another good one is "Last Train Home" by Pat Metheny (not sure I got the spelling right). That actually features a train whistle.

One of my favorites.

Love this one   Especially the harmonica in the beginning

@bluelinec4 posted:

Love this one   Especially the harmonica in the beginning

Love this one! It's in my collection and gets played often, LOL!

Night Train James Brown

Texas. By Guy Clark

I think quite a few of the songs mentioned come from Robert Johnson's "Love in Vain"

Love in Vain

Here’s a good one:
Song:  Never marry a railroad man

Artist:  Shocking Blue

Year:  1970

Never marry a railroad man

The monkey and the engineer

Chattanooga Choo Choo (the extended version from Sun Valley Serenade)

Take the A Train

Blood on the coal from the movie A Mighty Wind

Ghost Train by Eric Whitacre.

@Csxcellent posted:

Princess of the night from Saxon is a good one about the transition away from steam.

Great song! One of my favorite all time songs.

Doug Kershaw and the Orange Blossom Special, saw him open for Johnny Cash years ago at Madison Square Garden.

Doug Kershaw

Live at the:Diamond Belle Saloon, Strater Hotel, Durango, Colorado

Adam Swanson plays "Chattanooga Choo Choo"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tizMOvmwlwk

Gary 🚂

Do subways count?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdymgQmdK_A

In the late '40s, Boston raised the subway fare by charging passengers a fare to get on and a fare to get off. What would happen if you didn't have the fare to get off?

Trainroomgary, Where does Adam Swanson perform?

@eddie g posted:

Trainroomgary, Where does Adam Swanson perform?

Here his is Adam Swanson’s home page: https://www.adamgswanson.com/

He lives in Durango Colorado and my wife and her family are from Ouray Colorado. Just north of Durango on the Million Dollar Highway. We have seen him at the Diamond Belle Saloon at the Strater Hotel.

This is the link to his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/adamgswanson

Hope this helps & hope to see you out rail-fanning. Gary 🚂

@trainroomgary posted:

Here his is Adam Swanson’s home page: https://www.adamgswanson.com/

He lives in Durango Colorado and my wife and her family are from Ouray Colorado. Just north of Durango on the Million Dollar Highway. We have seen him at the Diamond Belle Saloon at the Strater Hotel.

This is the link to his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/adamgswanson

Hope this helps & hope to see you out rail-fanning. Gary 🚂

Long running train

Here is a Christmas Train Song - “The Santa Train” by The Petersons

The "Santa Train" travels 110 miles through the Appalachian Mountains passing out toys and candy to kids on its 14 stops. The Santa Train started out as a celebration of all the success the coal mining communities were having, but as the years went on and mines closed, many people have lost their livelihoods. Now the gifts from the train are the only ones some kids get for Christmas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCygXBpYp24

Gary 🚂

From the album “strikes” by Blackfoot……Train,train, both prelude and song…..Ricky Medlocke is awesome…..

“Hear My Train A Comin’” Jimi Hendrix

https://youtu.be/EX5phFmbrU8

@Catdaddy posted:

From the album “strikes” by Blackfoot……Train,train, both prelude and song…..Ricky Medlocke is awesome…..

My favorite as well, awesome from beginning to end.

Another favorite of mine is by  Lynyrd Skynyrd , “Railroad Song”….from the Nuthin Fancy album….worth a listen , even if you are not into rock music.

thanks Darrell, brings back good memories…..

@Catdaddy posted:

From the album “strikes” by Blackfoot……Train,train, both prelude and song…..Ricky Medlocke is awesome…..

Great song. The first concert I ever went to was Blackfoot with Def Leppard as an opening act. I still remember when they played Train, Train. They were great. The encore was “Highway Song”. Ticket price was $7.50.

Blackfoot, Train Train

Train Time by the late Jack Bruce of Cream, from “Wheels of Fire”; the segue into Toad (unfortunately not included on this video), Ginger Baker’s impossible 15 minute drum solo, is one of the all time great moments in live rock.

https://youtu.be/wX9muArmeFg

On his 1966 album “Facets,” Jim Croce had two good railroad songs: “Railroads and Steamboats” and “Railroad Song,” both bluesy in nature.

With the news from the music world tonight, I'm reminded of another song that involves a train, although it has a deeper meaning:

"People Get Ready"

This has been covered by many artists over the years, but my favorite version is the one by Jeff Beck (RIP) and Rod Stewart

Charlie Prides song "Spell of the Freight Train".

Here's a few off the top of my head that I love in no particular order:

Travis Tritt- Dixie Flyer

Travis Tritt- Southbound Train

Merle Haggard- Miner's Silver Ghost

Blackfoot- Train Train

Doobie Brothers- Long Train Runnin

Jimmy Rodgers- Waiting for a Train

Hank Snow- Canadian Pacific

And so many more

Here’s a few I listen to…

Train Train - Buddaheads

Ghost Train - Counting Crows

Train Home - Chris Smither

Freight Train - Peter, Paul and Mary

Tucson Train - Bruce Springsteen

Midnight Train to Memphis - Chris Stapleton

Midnight Train to Memphis - The Steeldrivers

Railroad of Sin - Sturgill Simpson

The Last Train - David Arkenstone

The Train & the River - Jean-Michael Jarre

Wabash Cannonball,pick your artist. Wabash Blues, Bob Wills

Ride The Train  by  Alabama

Rock Island Line  by Johnny Cash